Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

The head of the village was startled by the silent actions of the two maids from the third branch of the Lin family, and he quickly reached out to pull them up.

But Lin Xiaoyue was determined to achieve her goal. She refused to get up no matter what. Her eyes were filled with sadness. She cried with tears in her eyes, "Grandpa, you can see that our family really can't survive. In the morning, my uncle came to our house while my parents were working in the fields and my second sister was out. He said he wanted to sell me to raise money for the betrothal gift for my eldest brother (the second son of the first wife). I didn't agree. My family was divided up, so why did the first wife want to hire a daughter-in-law but sell someone from my third wife? When the family was divided up, my parents didn't get a penny. My grandmother didn't even give me a torn straw mat or a torn quilt. She kicked our family out of the house. At that time, it was thanks to the help of kind-hearted people in the village that we were able to survive. Now, no matter how hard life is, my parents don't want to sell us, but my uncle..."

Lin Xiaoyue was cautious and didn't say that the old lady was behind this. First, people might not believe it. Even if they did, it was just a grandmother selling her granddaughter. They were all family and no one else could interfere. Second, once the old lady was involved, many things would become unclear.

Now the only way is to insist that this matter is related to the eldest branch of the family and drag them into the water. As the eldest brother of your father's generation, your hands are so long that they can even sell the children of the next branch. Even if you talk your mouth off, you won't be able to argue against this.

Besides, my uncle's family are all scholars. Scholars are most afraid of having their reputation tarnished and hindering their careers. If this matter is not explained today, Lin Xiaoyue will make a big fuss and my uncle will not be able to explain himself even if he has a lot of mouths all over his body.

"Grandpa Lizheng, although I am a country bumpkin and have no knowledge, I have a sense of shame. If I were sold to such a filthy place by my uncle's family, how would my father, mother, and sisters be able to hold their heads up high in the future? Woo woo..."

As she spoke, Lin Xiaoyue deliberately stopped and covered her face with her hands, sobbing, giving the head of the village and the neighbors some time to digest the tears.

Most of the country people are simple and honest, and they look down upon human trafficking. It's not like they can't make ends meet, but just to find a wife for their son, they set their sights on the daughter of the neighboring family who has split up the family. How shameless must this person be to do such a shameless thing.

The actions of the Lin family's old house were inevitably criticized by the surrounding neighbors.

As soon as Old Lady Lin heard Lin Xiaoyue open her mouth, she felt that the situation was not good. The old lady's head was about to explode when the dying girl was halfway through her words.

Although Lin Xiaoyue did not involve her in this matter, who would believe that other people living under the same roof didn't know about such a big thing?

Not to mention that Mrs. Lin has absolute authority in the family.

Everyone in the village knows who is the real boss in the Lin family’s old house.

Old Mrs. Lin was seen trembling with her mouth, pointing at Lin Xiaoyue as if she was about to start scolding her. Lin Xiaoyue immediately went on to cry to the head of the village, not giving the old lady any room to interrupt, "Grandpa head of the village, I didn't agree with my uncle, so he hit me with the door bolt. I didn't protect my head, and my uncle knocked me unconscious. Maybe my uncle saw the blood and was afraid of getting into trouble, so he ran away immediately."

"My poor father and second sister came home and saw me lying in a pool of blood, so they ran to my eldest uncle to ask for an explanation. In the end, they failed to get an explanation. My second sister was beaten all over by my eldest and second aunts, and her face was disfigured. My father was beaten by my second uncle's family and had fractures and fell into a coma. You just heard from the doctor that my father has a brain injury and it is not certain whether he will wake up. Even if he wakes up, he will have to take good medicine to take care of himself in the future, wuwu..."

As she spoke, Lin Xiaoyue couldn't help but feel sympathy for this family. How could they be so miserable?

Alas, in the final analysis, it is because of his weak character. If this happened in the apocalypse, he would have ended up being fed to the zombies in no time.

Lamenting its misfortune, anger is indisputable.

"You bastard, shut up." Old Mrs. Lin gasped and yelled.

"Just shut up."

After hearing what Lin Xiaoyue said, the head of the village was so angry that his head was about to split. Under his jurisdiction, there were actually people who shamelessly trafficked in human beings, even their own relatives.

If this mess gets bigger, will we still be able to participate in this year's assessment?

If the old lady wanted to interrupt now, it would be like lighting firecrackers next to a fire. The head of the village would let them explode in front of her in any minute.

The village head did not give the old lady any face at all and yelled back at her angrily. Old Mrs. Lin was frightened and shrank back for a while without saying a word.

After all, the head of the village is a village official, and most of the time everyone still believes in and respects the head of the village. Although the head of the village usually speaks calmly and gently, and he has never had a quarrel with anyone in more than ten years, he was really furious today because of the dirty things that happened in the old house of the Lin family, so the old lady was naturally afraid.

The village head shooed Old Lady Lin away, frowned and comforted Lin Xiaoyue, saying, "Don't worry, there must be no human trafficking in our village. According to the law, human trafficking can result in punishment of beating at the very least, or even beheading and exile at the worst. No one dares to do such a heinous thing."

The head of the village glared at Old Lady Lin as he spoke. When it came to lawsuits involving government offices, people had a natural fear, and Old Lady Lin was no exception. At this moment, she didn't think that the head of the village was deceiving her by saying these words.

Old Madam Lin stiffened her neck and retorted, "Who said we were going to sell this girl to a filthy place? This is a wealthy family in town that is hiring someone and paying her one or two taels of silver a month. If it weren't for the fact that the Third Brother's family is so poor that they can't even afford to eat, would I have let this girl off for free? I, this old woman, had good intentions, but this damn girl slandered me like this. It's really disheartening!"

As the old lady spoke, she beat her chest and stamped her feet in grief, as if it were really a serious matter.

"A wealthy family is hiring someone, offering one or two taels of silver per month. Is this really possible?"

"Come on, no one believes the old woman's nonsense, are you stupid?"

"You are stupid. It's only one tael of silver. Who in our village can save one tael of silver in a year? It's too old."

"You've been kicked in the head by a donkey, yet you're still arguing with me. Look at how harsh Old Lady Lin is to the Third Brother's family. She wants to drink their blood and eat their flesh. How could she let him get such a good thing? It would be strange if there's no trick here."

"That's right. Old Mrs. Lin is so stingy that if she really had one or two taels of silver, she would have hidden it very well. How could it slip through her fingers?"

Mrs. Lin's obviously nonsense was ruthlessly exposed by the neighbors, and she was so angry that her face was twisted and ferocious. If the head of the village hadn't been here, she would have wanted to go up and tear those gossipers to pieces one by one.

Seeing that Old Mrs. Lin’s face turned purple with anger, the head of the village sneered inwardly: I don’t believe you!

After a cough, the smart people in the crowd reacted immediately and quickly asked the aunts and uncles around them to shut up.